The Puskas Award — named after legendary Real Madrid and Hungary striker Ferenc Puskas — has also shined a light on some lesser-known players, though, with Mohd Faiz Subri of Malaysian club Penang the reigning champion.

Goal has everything you need to know about this year's contenders and voting process.

WHAT IS THE PUSKAS AWARD?

The Puskas Award is a FIFA award given to the player judged to have scored the best goal of the past year.

For the 2017 award, the period of eligibility is goals scored between October 1, 2016 to July 2, 2017.

The award is supposed to reward the best goal scored "regardless of championship, gender or nationality" and the initial shortlist of 10 goals is decided by a group of experts — which this year comprises of Alan Shearer, Celia Sasic, Abby Wambach, Henrik Larsson and Predrag Mijatovic.